[Illustration: AGE 2.
_From a Photo. by Schevegerle, Coburg._]
[Illustration: AGE 4.
_From a Photo. by W. & D. Downey._]
[Illustration: AGE 10.
_From a Photo. by Hughes & Mullins, Ryde._]
[Illustration: AGE 14.
_From a Photo. by W. & D. Downey._]
[Illustration: PRESENT DAY.
_From a Photo. by Heath, Plymouth._]
Princess Victoria Melita, of whom we have the pleasure of here
presenting a most charming set of portraits, is the second daughter
of the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Edinburgh. She was born on
the 25th of November, 1876, and it will be seen that the happy pair
therefore celebrate their respective birthdays on the same date.